Written by: Pearple Prose
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She just wanted her back.
For too long, she had watched happiness fall away from her. For too long, she had sat alone while all that she held dear withered, aged, and died.
Not this time. Not when, for the first time, she had experienced true love. True happiness, without the constant fear that she would be rejected for who she was. No, Twilight loved Luna for all that she was; the light, the dark, and everything in-between.
Luna flew through the icy night air at legendary speeds, lightning illuminating her anguished features, and the rain pounding at her flesh like bullets.
She needed to be there for her. She'd promised that much, after all. It didn't matter that they had fought; it didn't matter that, for a short time, they had been apart. None of it mattered. They were destined to be together, Luna knew it.
Faster.
Trees whipped by, the branches slashing at her sides. She ignored them.
Faster!
Lightning struck. Too close. She careened out of control, before guiding herself back with sheer willpower.
FASTER!
Twilight felt empty. She had been for a while now.
She had expected their separation to be hard. She had expected it to be painful. She had not expected the horrible feeling of a void inside her chest, like a piece of her heart had been stolen from her.
But what was she supposed to do? Luna wouldn't want her back now. Not after that. She could have any pony she wanted, now that Twilight was out of the picture. She didn't need her.
Twilight lay on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, and her soul wept.
There was a crash on the balcony, loud enough to shock Twilight out of her ennui. She looked up to see a sodden, dirty, dripping, beautiful alicorn, standing there gasping and panting.
Their eyes met.
Luna leapt onto the bed and bombarded her with kisses, holding her as if she were some precious, delicate treasure—gently, as if she would shatter at any moment, yet with a need to hold her tight and never let her go.
Twilight hugged her love tightly, and wept with equal parts joy and regret. She felt two wings wrap around her, shutting out the outside world and leaving only them. The moon and the stars.
"I'm so sorry!" Twilight said, over and over and over, until the words became meaningless and yet so very meaningful at the same time.
Luna stopped kissing. She held Twilight at an arm's length, and silenced her with one word. "Twilight."
"I love you."
And then she kissed her, right on the mouth. An instant later, Twilight kissed her right back.
That night, the moon and the stars rejoiced in their love.
This is a nice change of pace, after the last three or so dark-ish chapters.
3429418 they were formerly TwiLuna. This isn't unusual for a prompt tag collab, honestly.
3429583 hence why I gave the prompt.
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Fair enough. Like 3429418 said, I enjoy the fluffy side of this relationship. If i wanted clop or dark, i'd go and find it. I do also enjoy the Twilestia collab as well, and it's not had the same streak of dark-ish chapters, just one here or there.
3430018 Well, it does have them, nonetheless. I don't control the level of grimdark others put into their stories, and sometimes you see a prompt or an idea that just has to come out as a writer. That said, I don't want the collab here to be doom and gloom and unrequited misery and love. Next thing I pen for this prompt should be sugary sweet cutesy, potentially.
Oh.
Now I get it.
~Skeeter The Lurker
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See: 3429224
Only for that minific.
3430054 it was about their relationship...just one that had fallen apart.
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No, no. I totally get it.
I'm actually writing my first story myself, and had to add an alternate (IE: much darker) set of scenes for a major section. It's not published, because it's a one-shot (and not quite done, 17k words and counting...). I originally wanted to keep it away from the dark tag, but this alternate part IS dark, and like the mental image that inspired me to actually write it, this second mental image was too good to pass up.
3430850>>3430054>>3429418 I've tried to civilly present this point, so I'll say it with a bit more of my signature force this time.
Did anyone actually read the passage where they were a couple? Yes, the story did include Twilight in another ship, but the focus was entirely upon Luna and Twilight's relationship, warts and all. A third of the story is devoted to Luna's romantic thoughts of Twilight, another third to their romantic history, and another to their falling out.
They tried it, it didn't work out. This isn't my only TwiLuna work, nor is it a pass at TwiLuna, and it's certainly not going to be a continuining trend. It's not an attempt to force Twilestia on the group, but rather my thoughts on who exactly a distraught Twilight would run to the hooves of if a failed relationship took hold (Sleepless Brony sure seems to agree).
That said, your personal preference is not something that I am indebted to, nor is it grounds to snark at it. If there's a legitimate thematic concern, I'd be happy to address it, but if it's upsetting you? That means it did its job as a story.
To the criticism of lingering darkness, I point to my prompt. I deliberately steered the story away from getting dark again.
3429224 3429322 I think I'll settle for pretending they catch her in time and agree to share! ^^
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I like that logic. You win an internet cookie.
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Man, try following the Twysalis collab. There's as much depressing darkness as there is not xD.
Yes, I'm aware that I'm responding to a 65 week old comment. I just felt like bitching about all the Twysalis fics being depressing.